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[Smooth Criminal]

See, as awesome as storm is, it wasn't an inherently broken mechanic. Super powerful, yes, but not god tier. Look at cards like Wing Shards or whatever. Not exactly game-breaking. When you start making really good, cheap effects like Brain Freeze or Tendrils do you get into trouble.

Affinity is all about giving cards an alternative way to come into play and potentially free them of their proper casting cost. That's why it was broken. If you have a mechanic that fundamentally makes the mana cost of cards irrelevant, then it can easily become broken.

Hence Mind's Desire. >_>

Cascade .

Edit: Affinity wasn't half as bad as Cascade. It was something like this:

"Oh hai random M:tG player. How's it going? I'm going to play this here card, okay? It has the Cascade effect. Lemme start cycling through the cards in my deck. Well, would you look at that! A card that is equal to or less than the mana cost for the Cascade effect! I get to play it for free and, in turn, use its Cascade effect! Soon I'll be cycling through **** near my whole deck and if it's a stompy deck I'm playing I'll **** your ****. Kay? Kay."

Smooth Criminal

 

[S l o X]

so yeah, that smashfest at ccsu. too bad i cant make it.

 

[A New England Winter]

Thanks for the signatures guys. You thought I was BANNED? Evidentally you've never seen a ban before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_C-7iNG8fY 0:00-0:21

"Fools. POF IS the CT Thread." :-)




What would this place be like if I hadn't came along? You'd have nothing to talk about.

 

[Octave]

I'm definitely looking forward to the fest later on. Everybody should bring like $5 and we can get some pizzas or chinese or something.

 

[AxelSlam]

lol hey garrett

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

Cascade was dumb, but it was only slightly less dumb than Affinity. Then again, I didn't play through Cascade so... yeah.

Also, I will bring some moneys for nommables, but I was actually intending on stopping at the McDonalds in New Britain on the way because I read that they're offering the McRib, which though it sounds kinda gross, it has a cult following and I kinda wanna try it just to say that I did, since it is such an elusive item.

 

[Mogwai]

Cascade .

Edit: Affinity wasn't half as bad as Cascade. It was something like this:

"Oh hai random M:tG player. How's it going? I'm going to play this here card, okay? It has the Cascade effect. Lemme start cycling through the cards in my deck. Well, would you look at that! A card that is equal to or less than the mana cost for the Cascade effect! I get to play it for free and, in turn, use its Cascade effect! Soon I'll be cycling through **** near my whole deck and if it's a stompy deck I'm playing I'll **** your ****. Kay? Kay."

Smooth Criminal

this doesn't sound that bad to me but I'm viewing it out of context since cascade is after my time.

affinity was a deck that ROUTINELY killed on turn 4 or 5 because it didn't require a combo or anything, it was just about vomiting your hand on turn 2 or 3 and then killing them with any number of obscenely efficient threats. And blinkmoth nexus was WAAYYYYYY too good. Cascade just sounds like a silly card-advantage mechanic that you know, at least requires mana and crap.

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

Wes it's kinda like that. Cascade allows you to run through the top card of your deck until another Stompy (like, say, the famous Bloodbraid Elf) comes out, gets played, and you cascade again. Basically, it works by getting out all of your beatforce and then stacking your deck.

 

[Mogwai]

I guess all I'm saying is that I'm sure Cascade is nasty and all, but looking at the mechanic, there is absolutely no way I can imagine it being as savage as Affinity short of something obviously broken out of it's mind like 1/1 cascades for 1 in each color such that every turn 1 was just 20 1/1 dudes lookin' you down, lol.

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

Cascade relies more on control than affinity, classically. It had utility cards that weren't "I'm going to beat your face in" 4/4s or 2/2s for 0 or Draw 2 Cards for U.

 

[Mogwai]

did it have 2 mana, equip : 1, +10/+0 equipment that could be moved at instant speed off of BB?

 

[EC_Joey]

I'm keeping my sig as a reminder of the glorious POF-free week we enjoyed.

HD 280 Pro

these: [Pic of headset]

Those look nice, but I'd be afraid of them putting too much pressure on my ears.

I have a big head.

 

[Mogwai]

they're actually absurdly comfortable. I'm a huge fan.

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

I'm a huge fan.

Also, no, Cascade decks did not have Cranial Plating. It did have Blightning, though...

 

[Mogwai]

blightning made 0 impact on the scene when it came out while I was still playing, lol. meh, I dunno, I guess it's pretty good in a control heavy metagame (preferably counter-light too), but when everyone's packing an aggressive deck, it tended to be underwhelming.

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

Bituminous Blast, then?

 

[Mogwai]

ouch, that card's pretty savage. I'm such a sucker for instants.

 

[trademark0013]

See, as awesome as storm is, it wasn't an inherently broken mechanic. Super powerful, yes, but not god tier. Look at cards like Wing Shards or whatever. Not exactly game-breaking. When you start making really good, cheap effects like Brain Freeze or Tendrils do you get into trouble.

Affinity is all about giving cards an alternative way to come into play and potentially free them of their proper casting cost. That's why it was broken. If you have a mechanic that fundamentally makes the mana cost of cards irrelevant, then it can easily become broken.

na i wasnt arguing about brokenness. jus storm ***** face

mmmmm Type 1........

 

[Mogwai]

I played BW aggro in an extended PTQ back around the time Dark Confidant came out and game 2 my opponent miraculously managed to go off with Mind's Desire through all my early disruption only to MD off of a storm count ~ 7-8 and have it all fizzle because all he got were more rituals, LOL. I felt pretty bad for the poor guy.

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

I <3 Type 1. That's where it's at.

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

Sorry to repost, but the TV I was going to bring to CCSU tonight is AV only, no VGA cables.

Anyone got an RF Adapter for the GCN?

 

[Jam Stunna]

*senses Picard*

What's up guys?

 

[Papito]

where da hoes at tonight

 

[SwiftBass]

slox call me asap if u get the chance i dun have ur number.

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

LOL @ Octave thinking I was actually black.

Good seeing heads and actually Smashing with people for the first time in like a year and a half.

EDIT: IHOP opening at the Waterbury Mall! Wooooo

 

[Hazygoose]

well i haven't heard back from jamil but i will be holding my smashfest tomorrow, sunday, from 4pm until midnightish or so. i'm not sure who plans to come other than rep and his crew, and possibly nick and evan, but everyone is invited to come chill. HOWEVER! we need tvs, i have 0 :\ but my neighbor might come, and a fellow Wes smasher if he stays on campus tomorrow, so we MIGHT have 2 tvs but i'd rather plan on other people bringing some just in case. so yeah.

address: 18 brainard ave, middletown
if you don't have my number, facebook pm me or pm me on here :D

 

[noodles]

aww wish i could go. im missing out on alot . lol

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

I may try to come for a little bit Hazy, since it's so close and the lady wants me out of the house for a while tomorrow.

PM me your number just in case, but I gotta ask if anyone has an RF Adapter for the Gamecube, since the TV I have has cable only.

 

[DarkDragoon]

well i haven't heard back from jamil but i will be holding my smashfest tomorrow, sunday, from 4pm until midnightish or so. i'm not sure who plans to come other than rep and his crew, and possibly nick and evan, but everyone is invited to come chill. HOWEVER! we need tvs, i have 0 :\ but my neighbor might come, and a fellow Wes smasher if he stays on campus tomorrow, so we MIGHT have 2 tvs but i'd rather plan on other people bringing some just in case. so yeah.

address: 18 brainard ave, middletown
if you don't have my number, facebook pm me or pm me on here :D

Woo! I don't have a TV to bring, but I should be showing up!
-DD

 

[Hazygoose]

rep and his crew won't be around until like 8ish so i'm moving starting time up from 4pm to 5pm
but yes, i hope to see people there. if anyone is going through hartford, you should give stephen a ride. it's like 15-20 minutes from the hazy hizzy, and would be much appreciated :D

edit: so yeah...if someone wants to bring a tv in between 5 and 8 that'd be tight. otherwise i'm not sure smash can be played until rep gets here :\

also, razer is giving away free gear for a promotion. you should sign up. and you should use my link since it's one of those things where you can get a secondary prize for referring people.
http://l33t.razerzone.com/index.php?user_dtl=0b72a0bbede130d37255b8e34454733b

 

[Budai578]

rep and his crew won't be around until like 8ish so i'm moving starting time up from 4pm to 5pm
but yes, i hope to see people there. if anyone is going through hartford, you should give stephen a ride. it's like 15-20 minutes from the hazy hizzy, and would be much appreciated :D

edit: so yeah...if someone wants to bring a tv in between 5 and 8 that'd be tight. otherwise i'm not sure smash can be played until rep gets here :\

also, razer is giving away free gear for a promotion. you should sign up. and you should use my link since it's one of those things where you can get a secondary prize for referring people.
http://l33t.razerzone.com/index.php?user_dtl=0b72a0bbede130d37255b8e34454733b

I think Ima go but I prolly won't get there til anytime between 6 and 8 (would probably have to leave by about 11 as well). I can bring multiple TVs though. Do you have more than 1 GC/Wii setup or should I bring one as well?

Also I signed up using that link. Can't pass up the chance to win free Razer stuff (using my spam email address anyway, hah!).

 

[HollaAtchaBoy]

Can't make it, Hazy. The lady wants me home to make some kind of special dinner. Whatever it is, I ain't complaining.

 

[AxelSlam]

yah someone get me hahah
:3

 

[DarkDragoon]

yah someone get me hahah
:3

SOMEONE GET THIS MAN.

I'll be headed over in an hour or so.~
-DD

 

[Octave]

well i haven't heard back from jamil but i will be holding my smashfest tomorrow, sunday, from 4pm until midnightish or so. i'm not sure who plans to come other than rep and his crew, and possibly nick and evan, but everyone is invited to come chill. HOWEVER! we need tvs, i have 0 :\ but my neighbor might come, and a fellow Wes smasher if he stays on campus tomorrow, so we MIGHT have 2 tvs but i'd rather plan on other people bringing some just in case. so yeah.

address: 18 brainard ave, middletown
if you don't have my number, facebook pm me or pm me on here :D

:< I'd love to go but I have plans. feels kinda bad, man.

 

[DarkDragoon]

:< I'd love to go but I have plans. feels kinda bad, man.

Wow. No you ****ing don't. Get over yourself. Holy ****.
-DD

 

[AxelSlam]

yah someone get me hahah
:3

SOMEONE GET THIS MAN.

I'll be headed over in an hour or so.~
-DD

for next page
for real

 

[Octave]

Wow. No you ****ing don't. Get over yourself. Holy ****.
-DD

Lol yes I do. I told you about them on friday fgt.

 

[P. O. F.]

Aww yeah. Now Axel is keeping the dream alive.



yessssssssssss

 

[AxelSlam]

wait wat .